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Patent GB-2478945-A (GB)
Title: Aircraft DC power supply system
Inventor: SHIPLEY ADRIAN
IPC: H02H9/04
Filed: 2010-03-24
Abstract: An aircraft DC power supply system 100 comprises a wiring harness 104 connecting a DC power source 102 to a load 106 and a circuit interruption device 108. An energy dissipation device 110 reduces the energy dissipated by the circuit interruption device 108 when it interrupts current in the wiring harness, disconnecting the load 106 from the DC source 102. The power source can be a high voltage supply. The wiring harness can have supply and return cables and comprise high tension wiring. The circuit interrupter 108 can be an electromechanical switch or a solid-state switch such as a transistor, FET or MOSFET. The energy dissipation device 110 can be a power diode, a solid state device or a MOSFET connected to approximate an ideal diode. The interruption device can be connected close to the switch 108, dividing the wiring harness into unequal inductance portions and dissipating switching energy arising in the lower inductance portion. The DC power supply system 100 provides improved reliability and operational lifetime for switching components particularly when used for high voltage power distribution which uses thinner wires having more inductance than wires used in low voltage systems.
Patent GB-2479176-A (GB)
Title: Adapter for reducing the port size of a trocar seal
Inventor: HOLDGATE JAMES ALISTAIR
IPC: A61B17/34
Filed: 2010-03-31
Abstract: A trocar or cannula (1, figure 1) used for abdominal surgery has an annular seal (11, figure 1) at its proximal end and a more distal duckbill valve 12 which combine to form a gas—tight seal irrespective of whether a surgical instrument (18, figure 5) is present in the trocar. The annular seal is only effective with instruments of a particular diameter range, so an adapter insert 19 is provided having a body 20 and a stem 19. The stem sealingly engages with the annular seal of the trocar and the body contains another annular seal of smaller diameter. A rib 25 on the stem may prevent inadvertent removal of the adapter, requiring a force of greater than 7N but preferably less than 10N to dislodge it.
Patent GB-2469729-A (GB)
Title: Nozzle assembly
Inventor: LEE BYUNG-JO
IPC: A47L9/04
Filed: 2010-04-16
Abstract: A nozzle assembly for a vacuum cleaner includes a case 210, 220 having an inlet 221 through which a dirt is drawn in from a surface to be cleaned and an outlet 212, a drum brush 240 that is rotatably mounted in an inner space of the case 210, 220, and a rotation-prevention member 260 that is disposed between an inner wall of the case 210, 220 and the drum brush 240 and prevents the dirt from being rotated along the drum brush 240 and effectively cleans the drum brush 240. The rotation prevention member 260 is preferably disposed at a location opposite to the outlet 212 and the drum brush 240 may be positioned between the rotation prevention member 260 and the outlet 212. The nozzle assembly is preferably arranged so that dirt is guided from the inlet 221 to the outlet 212 along a first flow path 271 that enables the dirt to move from the inlet 221 directly to the outlet 212 or along a second flow path 272 that enable dirt to move from the inlet 221 to the outlet 212 via the rotation prevention member 260, with the rotation prevention member 260 reversing the direction of travel of the dirt.
Patent GB-2470678-A (GB)
Title: Fluidic device with planar coupling member
Inventor: BAEUERLE MARTIN
IPC: B01L3/00
Filed: 2008-04-03
Abstract: A fluidic device (300, 304) for providing fluidic connections is described. The fluidic device (300, 304) comprises a fluid conduit and a planar coupling member (301, 305) with a fluid port (303, 307), the fluid port (303, 307) being fluidically connected with the fluid conduit. A contour (302, 306) of the planar coupling member is in a predefined relationship with the fluid port's position.
Patent GB-2483686-A (GB)
Title: Temporary electrical distribution unit
Inventor: SPENCE RICHARD LEONARD
IPC: H01R13/68
Filed: 2010-09-16
Abstract: The invention provides a temporary portable electrical distribution unit 10 comprising a stand 11. The stand incorporates a consumer unit 20 that is wired to at least one electrical socket 24, 25 and to a cable (30, Fig 2) that extends from the consumer unit for connection to a mains power supply. The unit may further comprise a light 26, power switches, a light switch 27 and/or a residual current device (RCD) 21. The stand may have an inverted V-shape having two substantially rectangular legs 12, 13 joined at their upper ends, and may be made from polycarbonate. A battery may be provided to supply electrical current to the light and optionally to other components when the unit is not connected to the mains power supply, to provide illumination while it is being wired in. The consumer unit may use a 6A MCB 22 to protect the light and a 32A MCB 23 to protect the sockets. The cable may be stored on a reel (31, Fig 2) inside the stand.
Patent GB-2484342-A (GB)
Title: Allocating resources for a predetermined message exchange e.g. machine-to-machine messages, using a single conversation allocation message.
Inventor: BEALE MARTIN WARWICK
IPC: H04W4/14
Filed: 2010-10-08
Abstract: A mobile radio network includes a message processor and a message store, the message store stores information about a set of predetermined message exchanges between the base stations, Node B, and one or more of the communications devices, UE, each message exchange comprising a set of predetermined messages and requiring predetermined up-link and/or down-link communications resource for communicating the message exchange on the up-link and/or down-link, between a base station and the communications device. The predetermined messages may be machine-to-machine messages (M2M) or Machine Type Messages (MTC). The message processor generates a conversation allocation message 64 for communication to the mobile communications device, the conversation allocation message 64 providing a predetermined allocation of communications resource on the down-link and/or the up-link for communicating the messages of the predetermined message exchange 68. In response the communications device and a base station to which the communications device is attached are arranged to communicate the messages of the message exchange using the resources allocated by the conversation allocation message. Resources for a set of messages according to a predetermined message exchange can be allocated in a single conversation allocation message, rather than communicating an allocation message for each message of the message exchange, which is required for conventional mobile radio networks. Furthermore, there is a proportionate reduction in an amount of traffic communicated on a control channel such as the PDCCH for LTE.
Patent GB-2484477-A (GB)
Title: Waterproof cabinets comprising coextruded pvc foam sheets
Inventor: HUGGINS PAUL
IPC: F16B12/04
Filed: 2010-10-12
Abstract: A hygienic cabinet comprises at least two composite sheets 100, 102 each comprising a PVC skin 106 and a uPVC foam core 104. The at least two sheets 100, 102 are bonded by positioning the two sheets 100, 102 substantially adjacent to each other, and applying a solvent adhesive 112 between the sheets 100, 102, such that capillarity occurs between the sheets 100, 102, the sheets 100, 102 becoming bonded. The sheets 100, 102 may be impregnated with an antibacterial substance.
Patent GB-2476168-A (GB)
Title: Seal, particularly for downhole electric cable terminations
Inventor: HEAD PHILIP
IPC: F16L21/04
Filed: 2010-12-10
Abstract: A seal assembly insertable between a cable and a termination 60 comprises a plurality of deformable annular seals 10, 30, each having an annular recess 17 at one end, which are inserted one by one in a relaxed condition in coaxial stacked relation into an annular bore 54 and then compressed axially so that an insert body, which may comprise an opposite end 16 of the adjacent seal, or may be a body 32 of fluid or gel, enters into the recess in each seal, radially energising it. The inner wall 11 of each seal comprises a sealing surface and at least one sealing bead 21 protruding radially inwardly from the sealing surface; the sealing surface limits the depth to which the bead can penetrate the casing of the cable. A removable assembly tool 40 is used to insert individual seals, fluid or gel insert bodies being applied between each seal if the insert is not integral with the seal. On removal of the tool, the seals are compressed and energised by the screw threaded member 63. The conductor of the cable is soldered or crimped to a terminal secured to receptacle 65 by screw 66. Alternatively (Figs 8, 9) oppositely facing stacks 10' of seals are separated by a spacer 70 having two insert bodies which face in opposite directions. The seal arrangement is also suitable for terminating pipes e.g. flexible or non-metallic pipes as well as cables.
Patent GB-2480716-A (GB)
Title: Road surface and tyre condition monitoring apparatus
Inventor: MAGNUSSEN PER
IPC: B60T8/172
Filed: 2010-12-22
Abstract: A road surface condition monitoring apparatus (10) includes a radiation source arrangement (150, 160) for generating radiation (170) for interrogating a road surface (100), and a detector arrangement (200, 210, 220) for receiving radiation reflected in operation from the road surface (100) to generate a corresponding reflected radiation signal (S3), and a computer arrangement (20) for receiving the reflected radiation signal (S3) for determining frictional properties of the road surface (100). The computer arrangement (20) is operable to compare the reflected radiation signal (S3, R) with a corresponding expected reflected radiation signal (Reap) for a given position for determining the frictional properties of the road surface (100). A mathematical model may be employed based on at least one of: a neural network, a physical model and a measurement database. The apparatus may include a GPS position determining arrangement. Fan and heater arrangements for the radiation tubes are disclosed to reduce blockage thereof by snow and ice. The radiation source may generate modulated radiation and the receiver may be adapted to demodulate the reflected radiation. A similar apparatus is disclosed to determine the frictional properties of a tyre surface wherein the reflected radiation signal for the tyre surface is compared with a corresponding expected reflected signal for the tyre surface.
Patent GB-2478681-A (GB)
Title: Apparatus and method for evaluating downhole fluids
Inventor: SCHAEFER PETER
IPC: E21B49/08
Filed: 2009-12-11
Abstract: An apparatus for evaluating downhole fluids is disclosed. The apparatus includes: an optical block having an adjustable opening that receives electromagnetic energy emitted by an electromagnetic energy source; a controller operatively associated with the optical block for adjusting the openiiig size, wherein the opening size is adjusted at least in part based on one or more estimated downhole parameters; and a sensor that receives the electromagnetic energy emitted by the electromagnetic energy source after the emitted electromagnetic energy interacts with a downhole fluid. A method for evaluating downhole fluids is also disclosed.
Patent GB-2479481-A (GB)
Title: Automated pool-deck lid lift system for below deck pool cover housing troughs
Inventor: LAST HARRY J
IPC: E04H4/10
Filed: 2009-12-08
Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for sequentially supporting, opening and closing a pool-deck lid covering below-deck troughs housing coordinated with the operation of powered pool cover systems housed in the troughs. In certain embodiments the system comprises in combination: a front, longitudinal seating structure, an upwardly movably, cantilever bracket structure, hydraulic/pnetnuatic means, and a hydraulic/pneumatic actuation control means.
Patent GB-2493992-A (GB)
Title: Wheeled load-carrying apparatus
Inventor: RIDDIFORD MARTIN PHILIP
IPC: B60B19/14
Filed: 2011-08-26
Abstract: Load-carrying apparatus is described comprising a box or frame structure 15 adapted to receive or support a load, and at least two ground-engaging wheels 1, 2 mounted for free rotation on axles 7 connected to the box or frame structure. The axles can themselves swivel to a limited extent relative to the box or frame structure. The axles on which the two wheels rotate are coplanar in a vertical plane when the apparatus rests on a horizontal surface and are preferably inclined at 75Â° to 105Â° to one another, so as to provide a substantial camber angle between the two wheels. Each axle is mounted on the box or frame structure in a fashion allowing it to pivot relative thereto about an axis substantially parallel to the ground on which the wheels rest. The axles may be connected to either end of an elongate member (5, figure 2) mounted for rotation about its elongate axis. Alternatively the axles may be provided on separate plates (42, figure 7) from which extend pins (44) which can slide within slots (45) on the apparatus.
Patent GB-2485258-A (GB)
Title: Container retainer
Inventor: HERRING WILLIAM PETER
IPC: A47K5/12
Filed: 2011-09-22
Abstract: A container retainer 5 comprises a body part 9 with a bore therethrough, a rotatable locking member 11 extending into the bore of the body part. Also included is a flange means 15 to hold the locking member in the bore to resist movement of the locking member in the direction of the axis of the bore. The locking member 11 includes an aperture therethrough for receiving a neck of a container 3 and means 23, 25 within the aperture for securing the locking member to the neck on rotation of the locking member in the bore relative to the body part. A means (13, 14) for mounting the body part to the surface is also provided. The retainer 5 can be wall mounted to dispense liquid from the container 3. Preferably, there may be a deformable lug or circlip associated with the locking member, to hold the locking member in the bore.
Patent GB-2498549-A (GB)
Title: Image encoding and decoding methods using coding blocks selected using sub-sampling from blocks bordering partition boundaries between image portions
Inventor: FRANCOIS EDOUARD
IPC: H04N19/593
Filed: 2012-01-19
Abstract: A method of encoding/decoding an image, partitioned by boundaries into plural image portions (tiles) - each portion comprising one or more coding blocks, with one or more coding blocks of a second image portion being dependent, for encoding by a prediction process, on at least one coding block of a first image portion adjacent to the second image portion - comprises storing coding data of selected coding blocks of the first image portion for encoding or decoding one or more coding blocks of the second image portion. The coding blocks are selected, according to a subsampling pattern (e.g. adaptable pattern, based on coding block indexes or whether partition boundaries are horizontal or vertical), from the coding blocks of the first image portion bordering the (e.g. left side, vertical) partition boundary between the first image portion and the second image portion. Coding data may comprise motion data and/or intra-prediction data (e.g. planar or DC modes). Encoding data for unselected blocks may be based on that of selected blocks, e.g. determined to be equal to data of a selected block neighbouring the unselected block.
Patent GB-2499047-A (GB)
Title: Flow control device which halts liquid flow from a first container into a second container when a predetermined level has been reached in the second container
Inventor: GEORGE RICHARD WARRINGTON
IPC: B67D7/36
Filed: 2012-02-06
Abstract: A flow control device 10 for dispensing liquid from a liquid-tightly sealable container into a second container to a predetermined level. The device comprises a liquid flow channel 14 having an inlet end 34 and an outlet end 36; a fluid flow channel 16 independent of the liquid flow channel 14 and having an inlet end 38 and an outlet end 40; and a flow control element 18 by which flow is substantially prevented from exiting the outlet end of the liquid flow channel 14. The flow control element 18 is a substantially stationary slotted element 18 having a plurality of elongate slots (42, Fig.1b) forming liquid flow apertures (44, fig.1b) therethrough. The slots 42 have longitudinal extents which extend across a flow path of the liquid flow channel 14, and the elongate slots 42 are dimensioned to substantially halt liquid flow along the channel 14 when it is tilted to a flow condition and the fluid flow channel 16 becomes at least in part filled with liquid. Flow in the channel 14 remains halted or substantially halted until the channel 14 is righted to an at rest condition.
Patent GB-2500004-A (GB)
Title: Sealing strip assembly
Inventor: LORENZO DARREN
IPC: A47K3/28
Filed: 2012-03-06
Abstract: The invention relates to a sealing strip assembly comprising a first component (2 figure 1) having a first engagement portion (4 figure 1) and a first wall (16 figure 1); and a second component (28 figure 2) having a second engagement portion (30 figure 3) and a second wall (38 figure 2). The first and second engagement portions (2, 28 figure 2) are engageable with each other, such that the first and second walls (4,16 figure 1) form opposed sidewalls of a channel 54, preferably with parallel sides at the bottom of the channel 54. The first and second engagement portions (4, 28 figure 2) may be engageable at two or more relative positions, each position corresponding to a different spacing of the parallel sidewalls of the channel 54. The sealing strip assembly can be used to provide a seal to the edge of shower door panels of different thicknesses.
Patent GB-2487145-A (GB)
Title: Milling tool for establishing openings in wellbore obstructions
Inventor: GUIDRY CHRISTOPHER W
IPC: E21B29/00
Filed: 2010-10-01
Abstract: A milling tool which includes a cutting portion, a cutting section having a plurality of hardened cutters and a shaft portion. A wear pad is disposed on the cutting section and shaft portion. Upon the shaft portion, the wear pad extends radially outwardly to an engagement diameter that exceeds the maximum cutting diameter of the cutters.
Patent GB-2486117-A (GB)
Title: Insertion of operation-and-indicate instructions for optimized SIMD code
Inventor: EICHENBERGER ALEXANDRE
IPC: G06F9/45
Filed: 2010-07-19
Abstract: Mechanisms are provided for inserting indicated instructions for tracking and indicating exceptions in the execution of vectorized code. A portion of first code (620) is received for compilation. The portion of first code (620) is analyzed to identify non-speculative instructions performing designated non-speculative operations in the first code (620) that are candidates for replacement by replacement operation-and-indicate instructions that perform the designated non-speculative operations and further perform an indication operation for indicating any exception conditions corresponding to special exception values (840) present in vector register inputs to the replacement operation-and-indicate instructions (1020). The replacement is performed (1080) and second code (630) is generated based on the replacement of the at least one non-speculative instruction. The data processing system (100) executing the compiled code (630) is configured to store special exception values (840) in vector output registers (1130), in response to a speculative instruction generating an exception condition, without initiating exception handling.
Patent GB-2495351-A (GB)
Title: An elongate body supporting device
Inventor: BISWELL BENJAMIN
IPC: A61G1/013
Filed: 2012-03-28
Abstract: A foldable elongate body supporting device, such as a stretcher, is described. It comprises an elongate body supporting surface 1 formed of a flexible material and a plurality of linearly aligned support sections 1a-1e. Each support section has a rigid tube 3 on each side which extends longitudinally along the device. The tubes 3 on each side of the sections are axially aligned, a space 4 being formed between each aligned tube and the aligned tube of the adjacent section. A locking member 5 is slidably located in and extending through the aligned tubes on each side of the device. The locking member 5 comprises a plurality of rigid locking tubes 6. The locking tubes 6 are movable longitudinally relative to the aligned tubes 3 between a locking position, in which the rigid tubes 6 overlap the spaces 4 between the adjacent rigid tubes to form a rigid side member on each side of the device, and a folding position in which the hinges are aligned with the spaces 4 between the aligned tubes to enable the support sections to be pivoted to a folded position.
Patent GB-2490581-A (GB)
Title: Efficient elasticity for character skinning
Inventor: TAMSTORF RASMUS
IPC: G06T13/40
Filed: 2012-04-24
Abstract: A novel algorithmic, framework is presented for the simulation of hyperelastic soft tissues. The approach is robust to large deformation (even inverted configurations) and extremely stable by virtue of careful treatment of linearization. Additionally, a new multigrid approach is presented to efficiently support hundreds of thousands of degrees of freedom (rather than the few thousands typical of existing techniques) in a production environment. Furthermore, these performance and robustness improvements are guaranteed in the presence of both collision and quasi-static/implicit time stepping techniques. The result is a significant advance in the applicability of hyperelastic simulation to skeleton driven character skinning. The information for configuring the deformation of a first object from a first configuration to a second configuration is generated based on the determined response of a continuum representation of a material at one or more cells of a hexahedral grid embedding a second object according to the material properties and kinematic information associated with the second object based on a stabilized energy quadrature at each of the one or more cells of the hexahedral grid utilizing a one point quadrature at each of the one or more cells. Information configured to deform the first object from a first configuration to a second configuration is generated based on the determined response of the continuum representation of the material.
Patent GB-2502546-A (GB)
Title: A modular construction set
Inventor: LORD JONATHAN
IPC: A63H33/00
Filed: 2012-05-30
Abstract: A modular construction set comprising a plurality of releasably connectable panels 10, each panel having a major plane 20, and each panel having at least three sides lying in a plane perpendicular to the major plane, at least one side comprising at least three teeth 30, 40 extending substantially away from the side in a direction parallel to the major plane. At least two of said teeth are located towards one of the edges of the at least one side, and at least one of said teeth is located towards an opposite edge of the same side. The arrangement, size and spacing of the teeth enable two or more panels to be removably connected to one another with a friction-fit between the teeth of the two or more panels. A locking rod 50 may be removable insertable into recesses in the teeth so as to lock together two adjacent panels. The construction set finds particular utility as childrens playground equipment, such as for the construction of play houses.